Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-04-07

thought it was matter OF life or
death and made rush for the win
dow, Intending to Jump out. but hav-
ing u large spur on each foot, they
tripp"d me, and as ] fell the guards
q abhed and dragged me back to the
cannon. For Cots sake. said APP
pealing to the Great Mogul, don't
shoot me out of that piece Of srtil-
lery. The decree of the Tribunal, he
replied, is irrevocahle; the firing of
traitor from the Hash Settler is
termed by our order q dishonorable
discharge; let the sentence be exc
cuted. Sire, said one Of the guards,
addressing the Great Mogul, shall l
remove his spurs? On the spur Of the
moment, he replied, il would seem to
be appropriate, but as we wish no
such mcmentoes of his treachery, you
can let them remain. The guards
then showed me feet foremost into the
cannon and rammed me down until
my feet reached the breech, ard a.
my body did not quite fill the bore
of the gun, this WAS not difficult
matter As my head was several feet
from the muzzle, could not now SCI
what was being done, bit heard lh,S
Great Mogul give m order for the
window To he raised and the cannon
wheeled 10 il; knew these orders
were being obeyed and had Wv up
all hope; the actions of my past HE
were rushing through my brain with
tightening rapidly; l remembered
when hut - mere child, If giving n
counterfeit five cent piece to poor
old blind man in exchange for GIN
ger cake and how ! had in maturer
years sold TO a man unarqu ihtrd
! with the ways of the wo i'll, fifty
dollar mule for one hundred and
twenty-five dollars, by inducing hir
to believe that mules had "liz" r.
membranes OF Other departures On
the path OF recti,ulc aerc Il in.
thr"u,gh my b ain, when terrific I, =
port sounded in my ea!, and was
shut out Of The cannon into space. |
thouSht at the time, that WAS beinL
fired from genuine cannon, but have
since learned such WAS not The case
The Hash Settler is hollow tu"e
hullt on the principle of cannon.
and having the appearance Of one, the
means of propulsion being, instead OF
gunpowler, II coiled spriLg Of 'remen
deus power, fastened in the brcech.
The spring is drawn back by leve.
and discharged by trigger and has
sufficient torres IT, throw the weight Of
an ordinary sized man distance OF
fifty OF sixty feet. The report | heart
was from real cannon which Was
concealed by curtain in one corn er
Of the room, the object, seelninsl,
being to cause the death Of the We
tim, either by fright or Il broken neck.
1t probably would have been bettel
for me had | been fire from the gan-
non ten minutes later or sooner than
was, for just as shot out, larg:
drove OF beef cattle was passing ana
the drovers were hurryius The cattle
ap aud they were pushing along closy
together, and | came down SPRAYING
across ,he backs of two large steers
In times Of danger, the mind ac.s
q uckiy, and saw at once that IL
leil 10 The ground the cattle would
tramp me To death l, therefore,
hu.9 on Tor dear life and after much
difficulty maEaged To sLraidle one OF
the steers, facing u the rear; The
moon wits shining brightly and no.
ticed rope tied around his head,
grabbed this. and giving it u turn
around my body, nvld to the rope
with one hand, while with the othui
| took n tail hold Oh the steer, which
by this time had become great,
frightened and was pranclng around
at such n rate that IL was with greal
difficulty tina, l kept my seat, auu
l .ound The nly way l could keel
from falling off was u lie as fat a
pos~iole and clamp my knees to hi,
TANKS, but the momenL | did this III,
spurs raKed his sides, aud GIVING -
Jump which almost threw me off anu
with terrible belloS he lie, down 1T,
beau. elevated his tail and plu 2 ii
forward though the drove aud was
soon in The lead. The faster he ran
the tighter WAS obi : ed To press my
knees IL his fl ,nks, hut Tue murr
did tins the ''eeper sank my spur, in
his oid an tue faster lie would ruu
and Tue loader he would belloa. TIL,
example VAS contagious amd la few
moments the Whole drove was IN a
stampede and such believing l ne,.
er heard before. l -nuuguL tue fright
encd beast wouIi surely stop when
ie reached the river, hut Instead OF
dolns SO he plugged in aud swan foi
the opposite bank. The balance Of
the drove had also taken to the river
and were gaining on Us as NV steer
was almost tired cut aud | knew thai
unless | resched the bank before they
overlook us. my doom was sealed, sc
slipping off the steers back, but still
retaining my tail hold, | managed u
take off one OF my spurs and begas
prodding him with 1t, which attack
from The rear Increased his spec {
When We reached shallow water,
let 90 of his tail, and away he wen
up the hank as If he had pressing
business all. All, while | ran To- a tire,
near by and got up in the forks lie
fore the drove reached The bank ant
when they cam. ont az the river the,